Casement window and door



i.. B. SHELTON. CASEMENT WINDOW AND DOOR.

PLlcATloN FILED MAY Patented May 27, 1919.

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CASEMENT WINDOW AND DOOR.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented May 2'?, 1919.

Application filed May 7, 1918. Serial No. 233,177.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, LAwsoN B. SHELToN, a citizen of the. United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Casement Windows and Doors, of which the following is a specieation.

My obj ect is to produce an inwardly opening easement window or door, of simplied construction which, when closed, is more weather proof, and which has a ventilator, and my invention consists of the novel features herein shown, described and claimed.

In the drawings;

Figure 1 is a hisected perspective inside face view of a window embodying the principles of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a top plan sectional view taken upon the lines 2-2 of Fig. 1.

3 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view on the lines of arrows 8-3 of Fig. 2 and showing the principal operating features of my invention.

Referring to the drawing in detail;

The sash 1 is hinged to stile 2, and operates therewith. A housing, or supporting frame, consisting of members 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, some of which are matched to t and nearly surround lift 2. A balancing weight 8 with cord 9, which passes over upon pulley 10, down between member 4 and stile 2, and may be suitably fastened thereto. A gravity catch 13, inserted into stile 2 and adapted to swing, and having its upper end curved toward sash 1 to make contact therewith and be actuated thereby to enter into shoulder 14 of member 4. A ventilator 15 extends across window opening at the top, hinged or pivoted to swing open, and the lower inner side to lap against the upper outer face of sash 1. When it is desired to open the window, the sash 1 is raised and swung open, freeing settle into shoulder 14.

gravity catch 13 to When it is desired to close the window, the sash 1 is shut, disengaging the gravity catch 13, and then lowered to sill 18 on weather side of stool 19.

I desire to call especial attention to the fact that my invention is adapted to windows having righ-t and left sash that meet, or otherwise, and may operate independently, or have their stiles rigidly connected across and above sash and operate together inv raising. And that when used for doors, the construction is identical with that of easement windows, the stool effect of which may be made in a suitable way to produce the same weather proof result. Itis obvious that I have invented a new and useful casement window and door of simplified construction, easy to operate, and more weather proof about the base.

What I claim and desire to secure byLetl ters Patent of the United States is;

1. The combination with a window frame having the usual inside stool of a sash, mounted to swing inward and also capable of lifting; to be pressed over the stool'and be dropped to lap the stool when in a closed position, and a closure strip to cover the space exposed at the top of the sash when the latter is so lowered; said closure strip being hinged so thatit may be swung up to open the sp ace for ventilation purposes.

2. The combination with a window frame of a sash mounted to swing inward on a stile arranged to lift in order that vthe sash may pass over the stool, and a. catch pivoted upon said'stile, and engageable in a recess to hold the stile in an elevated position, the parts being so arranged that the swinging of the sash into the place of the frame detachee the catch and permits the sash to drop behind the stool.

LAWSON B. SHELTON. Witnesses;

VIRGIL PETERSON,

H. E. RICE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). G. 

